As NASA selects payloads it plans to fly on commercial lunar landers, companies developing those spacecraft are skeptical any landers will be ready to fly this year, as the agency desires.
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The Pentagon would ask Congress to approve “special temporary authorities” for the secretary of defense to transfer resources from other services to the Department of the Air Force and the Space Force.
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EchoStar wishes it ordered its latest satellite, Jupiter-3, sooner than it did, but won’t seek to play catch up by buying another copy of the satellite in order to meet surging demand for broadband connectivity, executives said Feb. 21.
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At the end of 2018, division chief Clare Grason and her entire satellite communications team at the Defense Information Systems Agency moved over to work in the same capacity under Gen. John (“Jay”) Raymond at the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).
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As Blue Origin prepares to start flying people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, the company’s founder says the altitude the vehicle can reach will put it at an advantage over Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo.
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The Indonesian communications satellite that is SpaceX’s primary payload for its second Falcon 9 launch this year overcame a change of manufacturers and the loss of a U.S. Ex-Im Bank loan to reach the launch pad.
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Virgin Galactic scrubbed the Feb. 20 flight test for SpaceShipTwo, the air-launched suborbital spaceplane, due to high winds in Mojave, California. The flight test is now scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22.
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The new chair of the House space subcommittee says she’s looking forward to working with the commercial space industry on a number of issues, including oversight of non-traditional space activities.
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A slow start for Eutelsat’s Konnect Africa broadband venture and losses in activities beyond the fleet operator’s core business contributed to a 4.4 percent decline in revenue during the last half of 2018.
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As LeoStella inaugurated the factory that will be used to produce a series of Earth imaging satellites, the joint venture of Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries continues to look for other customers.
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PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION, Irvine, California Jan 2013 – Feb 2015

Parker offers a wide range of flight control system solutions, extending across both military and commercial platforms, to support the world’s airline fleet.

Software Development Manager

Led the group responsible for software development for the Control Systems Division. The team of approximately eighteen software engineers develops real-time, embedded flight critical software for fly-by-wire control systems.

With a small team of engineers completed four certifications over the span of three years.

Established effective leadership structure by utilizing the strengths of the team in place and supplementing where gaps existed.

Improved team’s ability to meet milestones by ensuring the team had the right skill set and the right number of people for each development phase.

Increased process adherence and worked with team to ensure we were ready for regulatory audits.

Increased morale by increasing the team’s ability to succeed, camaraderie among team members and doing my best to ensure that my words and actions are always courageous, compassionate and have the team’s best interest in mind.

GOODRICH CORPORATION, Phoenix, Arizona May 2010 – Apr 2011

Goodrich designs, manufactures and services systems and components and provides integrated solutions for commercial, regional, business and military aircraft, helicopters and other platforms.

Manager Systems/Software– Electronic System Center (ESC)

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, led a team of twenty engineers responsible for generating system level requirements, software (SW) development and verification for real-time, embedded, safety critical applications for commercial aircrafts. Specifically, our team was responsible for development of brake control, cargo and landing gear systems.

- Led the start-up of the system/software department responsible for supporting Goodrich SBU’s throughout the world.

- Hired and developed team members.

- Led the development of all systems and software development processes and certification efforts.

- Led the definition of the software development environment used throughout the development life cycle.

- Ensured that all development was performed in compliance with DO-178B.

THE BOEING COMPANY, Seattle, Washingto- Jun 2005 – May 2010

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems.The company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries.

Manager - Electronic Flight Bag Software

Reporting to the AIS-IT Senior Manager, led a team of twelve engineers responsible for software development and test of several airborne and on ground applications for the Electronic Flight Bag.

- Assessed the team’s skill gap and hired talented individuals that raised the bar for the entire team.

- Created an environment of cooperation and healthy competition that improved the team’s ability to execute projects on time and on budget.

- Introduced and deployed Agile Development Methodology to the team. This resulted in improved up-front estimation, planning and execution.

Manager – P-8A Mission Systems Software

Responsible for schedule, reporting (EVM) and multi-million dollar budget involved in performing software integration, deployment and support of the software development environment for the Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA P8-A Poseidon) Tactical Mission System (MCDS).

- Integration team - Performs integration test on all software before it is delivered to the customer. This enables the software team to fix problems early on in the software development life cycle reducing cost and schedule. The team met all miles stones and exceeded cost objectives.

- Deployment team- Supports the deployment of the target software to multiple labs, develops the software responsible for loading the target software on the final hardware configuration and tests the daily development build. The team won the respect of the software development group and the Integration & Test group for its technical excellence and dedication to the success of the program.

- Provide oversight of supplier development efforts to ensure their practices are compliant with DO-178B and meet MMA program management/software development expectations.

- Support the integration of the overall Aircraft Systems SW/HW Development.

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, Phoenix, Arizona Jan 1985 – May 2010

Honeywell Aerospace is the largest manufacturer of aircraft engines and avionics. Its innovations are used today on virtually every commercial and defense aircraft platform.

Technical Manager - Flight Management Systems (FMS)

Reporting to the Director/Manager of FMS Engineering, managed systems design and software development, and led a team of 27 engineers located in Phoenix and India for seven OEMs and 13 programs, supporting a $450M BGH business with a budget of $4M.

o This team effort led to an environment of meeting/exceeding commitments to schedules and product quality, increased respect from internal/external customers, and management recognition, improving team morale.

- Successfully managed competing systems/software requirements for 13 different programs using a common software baseline, reducing development costs and improving cycle time.

- Effectively managed group priorities and four Six Sigma SSSD/DFSS projects to achieve Green Belt certification goals for the FMS Core team.

Technical Manager - Displays Center of Excellence

Reporting to the Director/Manager of the Displays Center of Excellence, led the start-up of the systems/software team responsible for the development of the first BRGA flat panel display. Managed a $4M budget and led a virtual team of 24 engineers located across Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and India, in systems design, and software and test development for the following projects:

- As Systems/Software Manager, hired a staff of talented engineers and developed a teaming environment where creativity and innovation contributed to improved Honeywell avionics displays market leadership. The team won 11 Technical Awards and three patents for the following contributions:

o Development of an auto code generation tool for graphics formats, reducing cycle time and improving the quality of the graphics code. The team was recognized with the Sweatt Award, Honeywell’s highest technical achievement award.

Led a team of engineers in the software verification effort of the Navigation Display. Interfaced with software, systems and Boeing personnel to ensure the software for the Navigation Display complied with Boeing's requirements.

- Developed a Data Dictionary Tool that documented interfaces between software modules, reducing test development time.

Systems/Software Engineer - British Aerospace 145

Developed system/software requirements, software design, code and performed software/hardware integration for the dual, dissimilar digital flight control system including the auto-throttle and pitch outer loop control laws.

Software Engineer - TCAS

Developed systems/software requirements, software design and code for the conflict detection algorithms. Created software development procedures for the department.

Software Engineer - MD-11 Digital Flight Guidance

Developed real-time embedded flight software for the triple dissimilar digital flight control system used in the MD-11 aircraft. Designed software algorithms for the auto-throttle, pitch and roll control laws and signal selection logic.

Education

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

BSEE in Electrical Engineering

Clearances

Active Secret Clearance until 2010

Personal Experience

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